Example sentences of "[noun] and [verb] he [art] " in BNC.
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1 | Peron needed the union movement for support and , indeed , it was the labour movement who brought him back from exile and won him the presidency . |
2 | I opened my eyes and gave him a puzzled look . |
3 | I told him all about Marie and showed him the pictures we took in that photo booth . |
4 | Bolt Head , the gangster who financed and masterminded both the Robocranker project and the computer generated hologram , meets the Robocranker after his defeat and offers him a new body in return for operating one of his machines … |
5 | Knowing of Fothergill 's interest in natural history generally , Collinson invited him to breakfast at Mill Hill and showed him a diversity of William 's drawings . |
6 | He waved the clerk to a seat and served him a cup of watered wine . |
7 | There was nothing short of taking the chap by the scruff of his neck and showing him the street that would have done the trick . |
8 | His purchase of the Kemsley newspaper chain was a step in the overall process of press concentration and gave him a Fleet Street prize , The Sunday Times . |
9 | No wonder his chairman , Sam Hammam , has hit the roof and called him a mosquito brain . |
10 | Apart from indicating the couch and offering him the wine she had done no more than sit watching him , occasionally rubbing a deep scratch on her arm . |
11 | Buddie had been very angry , but everyone else had laughed at Frankie and called him a snivelling cissy . |
12 | I slipped into my jogging gear and handed him a sweater to wear . |
13 | The British Museum agreed to get him a permit and to give him a grant , in return for any antiquities he might discover . |
14 | ‘ Style , ’ she replied , throwing her long fair hair over her shoulders and flashing him the toothpaste smile again . |
15 | The father put both hands on his son 's shoulders and pushed him a step or two towards Lucier . |
16 | Hamish would take pity upon this sorry figure and give him the duffle-coat to keep himself warm . |
17 | having seen Frank playing in our Norwegian ‘ premiership ’ — i can only say : this guy has talent and give him a couple of more years on his neck he will become a real threat to any defence . |
18 | Royal Scottish Chief Executive Ian Offor wrote thanking him for his prompt action and sent him a Fortnum and Mason luxury hamper as a token of appreciation . |
19 | Their leader grabbed the bridle of Corbett 's horse and asked him a question he could not understand . |
20 | Eventually I fell on my knees and called him a fucking bastard , and he just laughed . |
21 | She touched her fingers to her lips and blew him a kiss , laughing huskily . |
22 | Gerald Baker , a Mandan-Hidatsa Indian who is the park ranger at Fort Union Trading Post in North Dakota , once the ‘ Times Square of the plains ’ , taught Mr Frazier how to use a double-bladed throwing axe and offered him the honour of joining him in a ceremonial sweat bath . |
23 | He looked back at Kim and gave him a small bow . |
24 | I called on the editor and sold him the idea that I should write the feature on my province ‘ Saskatchewan ’ , which I did , thus earning $30. towards the expenses of my Vancouver holiday . |
25 | When Batty comes back , why not preserve the current formation and make him the fifth defender , seeing as Speed seems to revel in the central midfield . |
26 | She took him to the far aisle and showed him the salt tablets . |
27 | At the last moment , when the engine blew steam , she let down the window and handed him an envelope addressed to St Ives ; she looked at him with the eyes of one waking from a dangerous dream . |
28 | She pressed her nose to the window and gave him a wave . |
29 | It was not until about a year later , when I became the High Master of Warboys , that I took him into Warboys and made him a sort of Staff pilot flying Oxford aircraft on special navigational training exercises ; this was something that I could physically check and I do not know why it is , and I am not being clever now , I just accepted the evidence he gave me of this phoney flying . |
30 | Herbert agreed to pay his passage and give him an allowance until he could find work . |